Thursday, March 23, 2017

Apple denies iCloud security breach despite evidence from hackers

The iCloud saga continues as Apple has denied breach allegations made earlier this week by a hacking collective better known as Turkish Crime Family. The company further downplayed any threats that hundreds of millions iPhone devices could be at risk of being remotely wiped clean. But information obtained by The Next Web suggests this might not be entirely true. Following an earlier report from Motherboard, we reached out to Turkish Crime Family, asking for further proof of the legitimacy of the hacking. The group has since provided TNW with a small sample of the data set in question, which we have been able to confirm is at least partially…